Tag: Open Grazing
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BREAKING: Delta LG chairmen handed deadline to implement anti open grazing laws
The Delta State House of Assembly committee on legislative compliance during a meeting held on Tuesday 5th November 2024 has directed all local government councils chairmen in Delta State to implement the anti open grazing laws of the state passed by the 7th assembly in 2021 and accented to by the Sen Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur…
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Three herdsmen arrested in Ondo for open grazing; 180 cows seized
ONDO State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun, have arrested three herdsmen and seized their 180 cows for violating the state’s anti-open grazing law. Chairman of Ondo State Chapter of Amotekun Adetunji Adeleye revealed this to newsmen in Akure on Wednesday. He said operatives arrested the herdsmen and the cows at Oke Ala area…
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Masari queues behind Southern colleagues, considers banning open grazing in Katsina
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has hinted that his administration is considering banning open grazing in the state.
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Miyetti Allah mounts pressure on NASS to stop enactment of anti-open grazing laws
Miyetti Allah mounts pressure on NASS to stop enactment of anti-open grazing laws
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BREAKING: Akeredolu signs Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimii Akeredolu, on Tuesday, signed into law the Anti-Open Grazing Bill in line with the resolution of the Southern Governors Forum at its last meeting, held in Lagos. This came few weeks after the bill has been passed by the State House of Assembly. With the development, Ondo has become…
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Open grazing: You’re mentally handicapped – Soyinka slams Buhari
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of suffering from “mental delusion.” Soyinka was reacting to Buhari’s review of Open Grazing routes in some state of the nation. Criticizing Buhari for ordering a review of the grazing routes despite public outcry, Soyinka said the President may be suffering from noise deafening. Addressing…
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Open grazing: We’ll approach court to stop violation of Land Use Act – Ortom
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has stated that his administration will approach the law courts to stop violation of the Land Use Act should the Federal Government insist on creating grazing routes and grazing areas in the state. He spoke on Sunday at the Makurdi Airport while interacting with journalists on his return from Delta…
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Open grazing bill: Delta Assembly fixes date for public hearing
The Delta State House of Assembly has fixed a date for the public hearing on a Bill for a Law to provide for the Regulation of Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing and to Prohibit Open Grazing and related matters in Delta State. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the public hearing has been scheduled for Monday, 26th July…
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BREAKING: Okowa moves to legalise ban on open grazing in Delta
In a move to legalise the ban on open grazing in Delta State, the State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa has sent a bill to that effect to the State House of Assembly. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the bill, legalising ban on open grazing sent to the House by Governor Okowa was read during Tuesday’s plenary…
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Northern elders, groups blast Southern governors; reject power shift to south, deadline for implementation of anti-open grazing laws, others
The Northern Elders Forum and other interest groups on Tuesday slammed the 17 southern governors for demanding power shift to the South in 2023. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the southern governors met in Lagos on Monday and reinforced resolutions reached at their May 11 meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital. They insisted that power…